American Agriculturist, June 16,1923 
513 
Money Making Schemes That Work 
Our Weekly Patterns—Cooking Suggestions—A Word For Mothers 
I F you are an expert at crochet, why 
not place an “ad” in your local paper 
to that effect, stating your prices. A 
friend of mine who sells all kinds of 
crochet work has more orders than she 
can fill. 
I live 80 miles from St. Louis; and 
this year, all the fresh eggs I have will 
go to private customers at 70 cents per 
dozen. I ship them in metal egg crates. 
The postage is six cents on a dozen 
eggs, within the first and second zones. 
Just now my neighbors are receiving 
only thirty cents, and last summer, I 
actually received twelve cents. But 
never again! A neighbor of mine 
keeps pure-bred Rhode Island Red 
chickens. Last summer, she advertised 
her eggs for hatching purposes, at 75 
cents for fifteen and some people 
actually ordered thirty dozen at a 
time. Her hens didn’t lay fast enough 
to supply the demand. Pure bred 
poultry pays. This year, I am plan¬ 
ning to raise pure-bred Rhode Island 
Red chickens and Narragansett Tur¬ 
keys. Instead of selling either on the 
local market, it is my intention to ad¬ 
vertise the young, as breeding stock, 
this fall. 
Another money making scheme of 
mine, is the addressing of envelopes at 
home. The firm furnishes me envelopes 
and circulars. I mail them out, (pos¬ 
tage only 1 cent) and I receive fifty 
cents on each order sent the firm, if 
the order has my name and address 
attached to the coupon that is on each 
blank. 
exhibited some fudge at the community 
fair this fall and it won first prize. 
During the holidays, she made and sold 
over one hundred and fifty pounds. ; 
thirty cents a pound. Another neigh¬ 
bor of mine with a large family of 
boys, picked and sold over 100 gallons 
of blackberries at 50 cents per gallon 
for private town customers. The boys 
picked the berries and she delivered 
them. —Pauline Carmen. 
TEST RTJBBEES FOR CANNING 
Old or poor canning rubbers can be 
detected, according to the specialists 
at Ithaca, and fruit and vegetables 
thus saved from spoiling, by two simple 
tests. Poor rubbers spoil more canned 
stuff than any other one cause, they 
say. 
A good can rubber returns to its orig¬ 
inal shape after it has been stretched 
out by pulling like a rubber band. 
Neither will good live rubbers crack 
when they are folded double into the 
shape of a half circle. 
Don’t use any rubbers that won’t 
withstand these tests for your fruits 
and vegetables if you expect them to 
keep well. _ 
“HALF A MIND” 
HELEN GREGG GREEN 
Quilts are a Source of Revenue 
I have an aunt who quilts in her 
spare time ' and she tells me she has 
more . work than she has time to do. 
The customer furnishes the material, 
and she charges $2.50 per spool used. 
The usual cost is $5 00 as it takes about 
two spools of thread to make up the 
quilt. 
Another lady, in an adjoining com¬ 
munity is known as the “Home Nurse”. 
She takes charge of maternity cases 
only and she comes one week before 
confinemefit and stays two weeks after. 
She does all the cooking, the house and 
laundry work, and looks after the mother 
and baby for a stated sum each week. 
One of the high school girls here 
What the Children Think of It 
TO KEEP YOUR NEEDLE BUSY THESE JUNE DAYS 
/772 
T he diagram shows you how simplo 
No. 1772 is to make. A printed over- 
blouse of cool voile or tub silk would be 
ideal in this style for everyday summer 
wear, or better use. Only IVj yards of 
36-inch material will be needed for the 
medium size. 
No. 1772 cuts in sizes 16 years, 36, 
38, 40 and 42 inches bust measure. 
Price 12c. 
II coloi 
T he woman of ma¬ 
ture or full fig¬ 
ure could not select 
a better style than 
No. 1713 for 
house or p o r c h 
wear. The neck line, pockets, cuffs and 
tied belt all help to give slenderizing lines. 
No. 1713 cuts in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 
44 and 46 inches. Size 36 requires 3% 
yards of 36-inch material with % yard 
contrasting and 3 Vi yards binding. Price 
12c. 
A nother pretty overblouse to wear with 
your suit, or with one of the pleated 
skirts, now all the rage. No. 1711 is also 
economical to make, taking 1% yards of 
36-inch material for the medium size. 
No. 1711 cuts in sizes 16 years, 36 
and 40 inches bust measure. Price 12c. 
A n easy - to - make 
. dress for summer 
wear is No. 1703. 
one of the popular 
long-waisted frocks 
which appear in all 
materials this year, but are especially ap¬ 
propriate for cottons. 
No. 1703 comes in sizes 36, 38, 40, 
42 and 44 inches bust measure. Size 36 
requires 3% yards of 36-inch material 
with % yard of contrasting. Price 
12c. 
To Order: Enclose correct amount (preferably in stamps). Write name, 
address, and numbers clearly, and send to Fashion Department, American 
Agriculturi.st, 461 Fourth Avenue, New York City. 
The summer catalogue is ready and from its attractive front cover in 
colors to the back page, it contains fascinating designs for all the family. 
Only 10c! Get your copy before they are all gone. 
mother’ll forget. Mine usually does. 
Half the time she doesn’t mean it.” 
“No, my mother won’t,” Eddie an¬ 
swered firmly. “She doesn’t lay down 
the law very often, but believe me. 
Bo, when she does, she means it!” 
“Oh well, I’m going. My mother 
said she would spank me if I did, but 
she won’t. At least,” hesitatingly, “I 
don’t think she will. Sometimes she 
means what she says, and sometimes 
she doesn’t.” And off James shambled. 
What a contrast between the mothers 
of these two boys, and how much better 
the effect of firmness. 
I don’t believe in nagging children; 
and I don’t believe in giving per¬ 
functory orders and rebukes every few 
minutes. But'I most firmly do believe 
in meaning v/hat you say, and having 
a good mind of your own. 
Occasionally you will change your 
mind about something. In that case it 
is wise to explain to your boy or girl 
just why you did so. Your children 
will respect you more, and you will be 
a more successful parent if you are 
not the vacillating, half-a-mind type. 
We have all of us known the un¬ 
decided mother, who first forbids her 
child to do something, and then yields 
to his pleadings. There is another sort 
too, who sees her child’s fault, and 
often sighs. “I have half a mind to 
punish him severely for that”—but 
never does. 
Half a mind! Therein lies the 
trouble with many mothers. When 
you’re a half-a-mind mother, your 
children soon find it out and when they 
discover the fact, how your discipline 
will suffer! 
Crystallized Strawberries 
Select the finest berries. / Beat the 
whites of three eggs to a stiff froth; 
lay the fruit in the beaten egg and 
drain. Then beat again the part that 
drips off. Dip the berries one by one 
in finely powdered sugar and lay on a 
paper in a pan and place in a cool oven. 
When the icing is firm, pile on a plate 
and put in a cool place until served.— 
Mrs. George Gray. 
I recently overheard several boys 
talking. “Come on, let’s go in swim¬ 
ming,” James coaxed. Eddie grinned 
but shook his head, “Can’t. Sorry! 
But Mom said. Not to-day.” 
“Aw shucks, Eddie, come on! Your 
Too Little Shortening 
If your “sample” reveals the fact 
that you have not put enough shorten¬ 
ing in your cookies, you may remedy 
the deficit by allowing plenty of melted 
shortening in the pan and turning the 
cookies over as you place them in it. 
By this method the danger of too much 
handling of your dough is avoided.— 
Mrs. John Land. 
The Brown Mouse 
{Continued from page 511) 
“We’ll be careful, Mr. Jim,” said 
Buddy. 
Half past eight, and only half an hour 
until school would officially be called.” 
Newton Bronson was writing in ani¬ 
line ink for the hectographs, such 
problems as these: 
“If Mr. Ezra Bronson’s seed wheat 
carries in each 250 grains, ten cockle 
grains, fifteen rye grains, twenty fox¬ 
tail seeds, three iron-weed seeds, two 
wild oats grains, twenty-seven wild 
buckwheat seeds, one wild morning- 
glory seed, and eighteen lamb’s quarter 
seeds, what percentage of the seeds 
sown is wheat, and what foul seed?” 
“If in each 250 grains of wheat in 
Mr. Bronson’s bins, 30 are cracked, 
dead or otherwise not capable of 
sprouting, what per cent of the seed 
sown will grow?” 
“If the foul seed and dead wheat 
amount to one-eighth by weight of the 
mass, what did Mr. Bronson pay per 
bushel for the good wheat, if it cost 
him $1.10 in the bin, and what per cent 
did he lose by the adulterations and the 
poor wheat?” 
Jim ran over these rapidly. “Your 
mathematics is good, Newton,” said 
the schoolmaster, “but if you expect to 
pass in penmanship, you’ll have to take 
moi’e pains.” 
“How about the grammar?” asked 
Newton. “The writing is pretty bad. 
I’ll own up.” 
{Continued next week) 
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Wheat crops last year the big¬ 
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rapidly increasing. 
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If you wish to look over the 
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